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Daily Bread for 8.31.12

Good morning.

Whitewater’s week ends hot, with a high of ninety-three, and winds five to fifteen miles per hour.

On this day in 1980, the Soviet-backed Polish government acceded to a deal with striking Polish workers.

Also on this day, in 1997, Princess Diana died in a Paris car crash.

In 1929, Wisconsin saw the beginning of air service across Lake Michigan:

Kohler Line Air Service Begins Passenger Service

On this date the Kohler Line Air Service commenced air passenger service across Lake Michigan. The service based its winter operations at General Mitchell Field in Milwaukee. [Source: History Just Ahead: A Guide to Wisconsin’s Historical Markers edited by Sarah Davis McBride, p. 28]

Google’s daily puzzle asks about someone making demands: “I demanded gold, silver, silk robes and 3000 pounds of what exotic spice when I laid siege to Imperial Rome?”

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